Spatial and temporal analysis of West Nile virus infection in mosquito and human populations based on arboviral detection testing data.

ABSTRACT: West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic flavivirus which often causes asymptomatic infection in humans but may develop into a deadly neuroinvasive disease. In this study, we aimed to investigate variables potentially associated with human WNV infection using human and mosquito WNV surveillance and monitoring datasets, established over 20 years, from 2003 to 2022, across the province of Ontario, Canada. We combined climatic and geographic data, mosquito surveillance data (n = 3010 sites), blood donation arboviral detection testing data in the human population, and demographic and socio-economic data from Canadian population censuses. We hypothesized that spatio-temporal indices related to mosquito vector habitat and phenology, in addition to human demographic and socio-economic f

SUBMITTER: Talbot B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11682232 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature